Pizy

There will be no new manager bounce for some of these players if we sack Potter, btw. Some like KK and Azpi are just past it and beyond “saving.” They aren’t up for PL football these days. No new coach is going to suddenly make them into technicians on the ball. We need to bench these terribly performing players for good and start bedding in new players or young ones. This cannot continue.

Felix sticks out like a lightbulb in a dark room. The lone in form player amongst a team full of shit. And he’s been here for just over 24 hours. Just think about that. Our best player on the pitch hasn’t even been here a couple of days…

We desperately need Fofana back fit and Badiashile up to speed to replace KK and Trev. These two simply cannot start for us the rest of the way.

LOOK AT THIS SHIT! Not a single one of our defenders can control and pass a fucking football!! What in the actual FUCK?

I’m sorry, but he’s gotta go if we go on to lose this. Nothing changes from match to match.

Jesus Christ, it’s pathetic now how horrendous Koulibaly is! Get him off at halftime! He’s somehow been worse than Chalobah and a Trev has been woeful too!

This is why Chalobah will never be a very top player, btw. Way too many schoolboy errors in him. A squad player is all he should ever be for us.

Entire defense look utterly shit and panicky on the ball except for Silva. As fucking usual. Fulham deserve that goal because we’re repeatedly just handing them chances on a silver platter. Just embarrassing. How are all these supposedly top players SO bad on the ball!?

Felix looking extra sharp for his first match.

Koulibaly, man… 😩😩😩

Hall HAS to score there!

Yeah, as someone who wasn’t really supportive of the signing I’d at least like to see him a few times ASAP so I can judge him a bit.

Oh, I know that. I meant just in terms of us having enough forwards currently. Unless the plan is just for Auba to never play in a Chelsea shirt again.

Bringing in Thuram makes no sense now. Perhaps it made sense before Felix was brought in.

I actually misread. Azpi will be the RB and it’s a back 3. Still, not the XI I’d have chosen.

So Trev at RB and our £62m LB falls behind a teenager in the pecking order at LB? Azpi starting again? 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Auba bailing us out of that shit contract would be some rare positive news this season. I don’t actually blame him for being poor this season as any striker would struggle to score goals in this team. But freeing up his squad place to make room for someone else would be fantastic and one less thing to worry about in the summer.

He’s one of those guys that just seems genuinely decent. Doesn’t let a disappointing situation ruin his life or anything. Bit like Torres and Timo when they left here.

He’s basically all Fulham have. He’s the reason they’re in the PL and the reason they’ll likely stay up. They lose him and they’re done and dusted. Can’t imagine what they would’ve quoted us in terms of price. Much, much more than what we spent on Auba and Felix I’m sure.

Seeing quotes from Potter now saying Pulisic is out injured again for as long as a couple of months. We need to bin this crock the moment the summer window opens. Made of glass is an understatement when it comes to him. Get the 2 lightweight wingers Pulisic and Ziyech out and replace them with some strong, powerful athletes.

Looks like Felix will indeed be thrown straight into the fire with these injury issues.

It seems as though we made our intentions known to Benfica that we would be paying his release clause at some point many weeks ago. We then spoke directly to Enzo, convinced him to come and agreed personal terms, and then when it came down to actually negotiating with Benfica we submitted a bid way below the release clause. You can certainly why the coach and club reacted so angrily. Benfica is a selling club so long as you pay what they ask. They were probably resigned to reluctantly sell him because the release clause was too much to turn down. But when we instead lowball them and mess with the players head you get the reaction we saw.

I can see these all happening in the summer: Rice > United Enzo > Liverpool/City Caicedo > Chelsea Said before that I do rate Caicedo but can’t help but be let down if we eventually end up with him instead of Enzo. I want our midfield revamp to be built around someone who is first and foremost highly gifted technically and can also do the dirty work. Not someone who is all about the dirty work first and is simply okay with the ball. Caicedo looks like a poor man’s Kante to my eyes. Very solid but limited.

Enzo deal absolutely has the feel that he’s going to end up at a PL rival and haunt us for years to come now. My guess is either Liverpool or United. So unless we somehow rebuild the bridge with Benfica and pay the release clause this month this could be one of the worst mistakes we’ve ever made. And after the angry reaction from their coach and last night’s defiant celebration from Enzo himself I’m guessing this is 100% dead forever. That quote from last week that I’m not sure was accurate or not from the Benfica President really annoyed me and stuck out because it’s sadly where we find ourselves now. That Enzo should wait until the summer for “a more organized and higher level club” or something like that. Normally, a move from Benfica to Chelsea would be considered a massive step up but we’re in such a mess now that other clubs view us as a place to avoid.

Yeah, you look at that Newcastle squad and there is still maybe 1 player of theirs I’d have at Chelsea and that’s Bruno. They really don’t have that much quality. Just extremely well drilled and everyone who was shocking last season is now somehow in the form of their lives. Basically the opposite of us. They would comfortably be the least talented club to ever finish in the CL places if they do so this season.